The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA
There is great scarcity of cotton ties
at Albany.
Emily Durham colored, was burned to
death in Oconee county few days ago
About fifty persons Joined the church at
the camp meeting in Merriwether county
last week.
At Athens, Friday, in the twenty mile by
cycle race between Brantley of Macon and
Polhill of Athens Brantley won. Time, one
hour, twenty-six minutes and fifteen sec
onds.
James, son Of J. NJ. Lewis, living in the
lower part of Mitchell county, had his hand
and arm caught in a running gin which he
was feeding last Saturday, and was so cut
and mangled that he died in a few hours
thereafter.
A T. Brooks, of jefferson, has a strange
affection of the right arm. He discovered
last Tuesday a large confusion just at the
elbow of his right arm. The swelling con-
tinued until the whole arm was affected
There is little or no pain experienced.
At Clarksville, Friday, Charles Edwards
the negro brakeman charged with the muir
der of William Echols near Mt Airy, on Sun
day night, May %, last, was put on
trial and convicted in short order, chiefly on
his own confessions 1t is believed that he
will be hanged.
! In the Reeves neighborhood, in Columbia
county, Wednesday evening, lively chase
was given to a negro by the name of Press
Hobbs, who is an escaped convict. Several
shots were fired at him as he made his es-
cape but without effect At last accounts
he was still at large.
William Todd, convict at Smiths camp.
about six miles from Madison, was drowned
last Monday evening in the Appalachee
river, Just above Reds ferry. while at
tempting to escape. He had been sent up
from Milledgeville, and was serving life
sentence for murder.
Mr.. Fleming, the father of Mrs. Foster,
who was brutally murdered near Leeds
Ala, and S. R. Callett arrived at Atlanta
Friday for the purpose of Identifying the
negro, Monroe johnson, who had been ar
rested as the perpetrator of the crime. They
declare that the prisoner is the murderer.
BY mistake, or rather through the ras
callty of a swindling agent, DIR. Price of
Oconee county, signed a contract to buy
thirty grain separators when he only wanted
one. They were shipped to him at Madison,
and he has been hauling wagon-load after
wagon-load of them for the1past few days.
William Pittman, of Athens, has discov-
cred in bunch of bananas very curious
animal. It was thought by some to be
tarantula, but a gentleman who knows says
It is not one of these poisonous insects. 1t
looks very much like crab. Mr. Pittman
has it on exhibition in glass jar, and SO far
no one has been able to name it.
Madison is determined 20 take another
chance at whisky or no whisky, and petit
ton is being circulated asking the Ordinary
TO call another election. 1t only takes about
100 names to call the election, and they had
NEARLY that number Wednesday evening.
The Prohibitionists think they will carry
the county if there is no outside influence
brought to bear.
T. Burwell Green, Z. 7. Shubrick, Hugh
Gordon and James A. Benson, corporators.
have applied for a charter for the Middle
Georgia Development Company, with a
capital of $1,000, 900, with privilege of
5000, 900, for the development of the oil
interests at Anthony Shoals in Wilkes
county. Ed Richards, an expert from Biz
mingham, Ala, is on the ground prospect
ing. Big results are looked for.
Old Confederate soldiers all over Georgia
are jubilant over the prospects of meeting
Jefferson Davis at the State Fair in October
Macon county can furnish the soldier ON this
occasion who fired the last gun at Appomat-
tpx from Gen Gordons division, as well as
the identical Reb who carried an ash hopper
two miles into camps, one dark night, think
ing it was bee gum. Maj. Frederick. of
the same county, has a horse, probably the
last of anything captured from the Yankee
forces in Georgia.
Griffin Sun: We remember, years ago.
when we were a boy, when the old Macon and
Western railroad, now the Atlanta division
of the Central, used little heavy set brown
mule for a switch engine at Griffin. He
knew as much about coupling cars and max
ing up train as an average brakeman
The freight cars were not so heavy those
days as now, but it took a mighty strong
mule to start one when il was heavily
loaded, and this little mule displayed almost
human intelligence in finding brace for his
feet, and in getting out Of the way Of NOV
ing cars.
At Rome Thursday saddle horse stood
lat the side entrance of the Rome hardware
sstore when his owner came up and put ON
his shoulder several picks. One of the picks
struck the animal and he began to run, and
las he did this he was numerically pricked
by the sharp edge of the tools He ran up
Broad street, and when he got as far as the
Merchants' National Bank he turned and
dashed in, going through the wire door and
from there TO the back yard The officials
were considerably startled by the intrusion
of the horse, and to escape coming IN i'm
mediate contact with him the force got in all
kinds of positions. Aside from the prick
ings the horse received from the picks he
was uninjured.
But for the precaution of Robert Bray in
RihCllE bub LnuZLit Oh an Ol0 Ru1l-Durrtl
(which he was heating in his FORGE towards
1.-THE rock wal, a serious accident would have
happened at Greensboro day or two ago
by the explosion of the load, which it had
probably contained for years as it had lain
tanong lot of old iron for many months
Many years ago child was killed at the
iold Statham Hotel, at Greensboro, by shot
from an old musket which had previously
been snapped dozens of times and at last
fired and did the mischief At the same
place two negro boys were once PLAYING
with an old musket, which at last fired
lodging the charge in the shoulder Joint of
the boys. necessitating the amputation of
the arm at that point.
Hon II. II. Carlton arrived at Athens
Thursday from GAINESVILLE and gave the
Banner WdtchmGn reporter the particu-
lars of the finding of the pistol with which
the negro, Charles Edwards, killed Mr..
Echols, on the road between Cornelia and
Mt Airy. Capt. Carlton says that Ed
wards brother came to see him in Jail at
GAINESVILLE, and they were left in the cell to-
geuber, in which was also confined another
negro prisoner Echols and his brother had
a long and confidential talk during which
the murderer asked his brother what he did
with the pistol he gave him the night after
the murder. The brother replied that he
had buried it under his house near the
chimney. The other prisoner overheard
this confession, and thinking that be would